Who are United Public Domain Distributors 
 
1988/9 Saw the boom in the Amiga, Amiga PD, and Amiga PD libraries!  
In those days, as now, running a PD library was running a business, but there  
was one thing that made most PD Libraries different from most businesses... Co-Operation!  
The majority of Libraries were run by Amiga enthusiasts, who were not hard line businessmen,  
and hence did not regard others as `the enemy`. In fact many would exchange daily phone  
calls about the latest software, the scene, and any common problems we had. 
 
The boom in the Amiga, also brought about a boom in the Amiga Press. Titles which started as 
combined format magazines split to form dedicated Amiga mags, and many brand new titles 
appeared on the shelves. 
All of these saw easy pickings in the Amiga PD world, and extreme pressure was applied to all 
libraries to use more, and larger adverts. This may have been great for advertising revenue 
but produced a crazy situation, where up to 50 different libraries would all have adverts  
selling exactly the same thing!  
 
There were, of course, just too many PD libraries around and many ceased trading, or  
deliberatly set out to cheat the public! Either way PD libraries and mail order were  
getting a bad name, especially with the customers who had lost money or experienced  
bad service.  
 
It was around this time that the idea of a combined advert circulated, and after 
many long, late night phone calls between several libraries, United Public Domain  
Distributors (UPD) was formed, and in late 1990 our first Advert appeared. 
Four independant PD libraries: Blitterchips, NBS, Start, and Vally,  had combined their  
PD collections, with new a reference system, to produce (probably) the largest  
collection of Public Domain in the world!!  
More importantly, the original libraries were all well established, reliable companies,  
so hopefully would represent a secure PD source for mail order customers. 
 
Now, nearly 5 years later, UPD adverts, can still be seen in the press, and 3 of the  
original 4 PD libraries are still actively involved in Public Domain.  
Vally PD, although not advertising, was the main compiler of the CDs in this set and  
is currently compiling more for release into the Amiga marketplace.